A significant addition to the growing body of literature on citizenship, this wide-ranging overview focuses on the importance, and changing nature, of citizenship. It introduces the varied discourses and theories that have arisen in recent years, and looks toward future scholarship in the field.
Offers an analytical assessment of the various thematic discourses and provides guidance in pulling together those discrete themes into a larger, more comprehensive framework
Identifies the four broadly conceived themes that shape the many discourses on contemporary citizenship - inclusion, erosion, withdrawal, and expansion
Includes a thorough introduction to the subject
1 Introduction 1
Expansion or Erosion? 3
Four Themes 6
The Future of Citizenship 13
2 Inclusion 15
The Dialectic of Inclusion and Exclusion 17
Multiculturalism as a Mode of Inclusion 34
The Lesson to Be Drawn from Existing Theory and Praxis 47
3 Erosion 49
Dimensions of Citizenship 50
T. H. Marshall and the Expansion of Citizenship Rights 51
Critiques of the Welfare State 56
The Triumph of the Market over Citizenship? 66
4 Withdrawal 75
Individualism and Its Discontents: Tocqueville Revisited 77
Enter Putnam 84
The Third Way and Social Democracy 96
5 Expansion 102
Dual Citizenship 103
Which Nations Permit and Which Prohibit Dual Citizenship? 111
Nested Citizenship 122
Toward Global Citizenship? 128
6 Future Trends 130
Internal Factors Shaping Citizenship Regimes 131
Citizenship and Globalization 138
References 141
Index 161
